Twenty-Nine Years of Women Living With HIV: Past, Present and Future

By Terri L. Wilder, M.S.W.
From Terri Wilder

March 2010

29 Years at a Glance

1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991
1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010

2006. The first annual National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day is held in the United States.

Regan Hofmann becomes the first female editor-in-chief of POZ magazine. She's also living with HIV.

The report "Strengthening Resistance: Confronting Violence Against Women and HIV/AIDS" is released by the Center for Women's Global Leadership. The report focuses on the points of intersection in the social, political and public health crises of violence against women and HIV/AIDS. It uses a human rights lens to focus on critical political challenges and on innovative strategies used by activists worldwide as they respond to the links between violence and HIV/AIDS.

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This article was provided by Terri Wilder. It is a part of the publication Twenty-Nine Years of Women Living With HIV: Past, Present and Future.

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